Spirometry in office practice: getting full measure from a useful tool
Francis, P.B.
Postgraduate Medicine 63(1): 72-79
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481 PMID: 628630 Document Number: 135563
Spirometry is a simple but underutilized test that is particularly well suited for office practice. With it, the physician can distinguish among different types of ventilatory impairment and follow the patient's course. It also permits detection of small-airway disease at an early stage, when measures to prevent development of chronic bronchitis and emphysema may be effective.